Lowbell \Low"bell`\, n. [Low a flame + bell.] 1. A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net. The fowler's lowbell robs the lark of sleep. --King. 2. A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep. A lowbell hung about a sheep's . . . neck. --Howell. Lowbell \Low"bell`\, v. t. To frighten, as with a lowbell.